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CVE-2006-1861

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2006-05-23 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, (3) cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file in base/ftmac.c. NOTE: item 4 was originally identified by CVE-2006-2493.

Affected Platforms

Freetype Freetype

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References